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House Hansard - 271

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
January 30, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 271 - Jan/30/24
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Jan/30/24 1:52:40 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-59 
[Member spoke in Inuktitut ] [English] Mr. Speaker, what I just said in Inuktitut is that I am always so happy to rise and speak in Inuktitut in the House. As we all know, most MPs here are settlers or are ancestors of settlers, Quebec included. I wonder if the member has, or if anyone in his party has, consulted with the indigenous peoples in Quebec, the Cree and the Innu, who most likely would wish to stay in Canada as opposed to what the member shared in his intervention.
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Context: House Hansard - 271 - Jan/30/24
Mr. Gord Johns (Courtenay—Alberni, NDP)
  • Jan/30/24 2:13:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Nuu-chah-nulth people have suffered enormous loss throughout their 200-year history of colonization, not the least of which has been the devastating loss of language and culture. Today, Nuu-chah-nulth elders, educators and learners are making tremendous progress towards revitalizing their indigenous language, in spite of the uncertainty of federal funding from one year to the next. Now their language program funding may be cut by up to 57% because of a newly proposed federal heritage funding formula. The formula fails to recognize that British Columbia has the highest concentration of indigenous language and cultural diversity of any province or territory in the country, with 35 distinct languages and more than 90 dialects. As B.C.'s First Peoples' Cultural Council reminds us, “the revitalization of languages, arts and cultural heritage is an essential step in recognizing the rights of and finding reconciliation with indigenous peoples.” Language revitalization is essential to reconciliation, along with fair, predictable, sustained and long-term funding.
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